[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 168 (Friday, August 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22147]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Public Notice 4411]


Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International 
Law: Study Group on International Transport Law: Meeting Notice

    There will be a public meeting of a Study Group of the Secretary of 
State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law on Thursday, 
September 4, 2003, to consider the draft instrument on International 
Transport Law, under negotiation at the United Nations Commission on 
International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). The meeting will be held from 1:30 
p.m. to 5 p.m. in the offices of Holland & Knight, Suite 100, 2099 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the Study Group meeting is to assist the Departments 
of State and Transportation in preparing for the next session of the 
UNCITRAL Working Group on this draft instrument, to be held in Vienna, 
Austria from October 6, 2003 to October 17, 2003.
    The draft text and the report of prior meetings of the UNCITRAL 
Working Group on this subject constitute the basic working documents of 
the UNCITRAL Working Group. These documents are available on UNCITRAL's 
Web site, http://www.uncitral.org. (The documents are listed under 
Working Group III (Transportation).)
    The Study Group meeting is open to the public up to the capacity of 
the meeting room. Persons who wish to have their views considered are 
encouraged to submit written comments in advance of the meeting. 
Comments should refer to Docket number MARAD-2001-11135. Written 
comments may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room 
PL-401, Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20490-0001. You may also send comments electronically via the 
internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All comments will become part 
of this docket and will be available for inspection and copying at the 
above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, 
except federal holidays. An electronic version of all documents entered 
into this docket is available on the internet at http//dms.dot.gov.
    For further information, you may contact Mary Helen Carlson at 202-
776-8420, or by e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: August 21, 2003.
Mary Helen Carlson,
Legal Adviser for Private International Law, Department of State.
Edmund T. Sommer, Jr.,
Chief, Division of General Law, International Law and Litigation, 
Office of the Chief Counsel, Maritime Administration, Department of 
Transportation.
[FR Doc. 03-22147 Filed 8-28-03; 8:45 am]
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